National eye health week 2017 runs from Monday 18th – Sunday 24th September, promoting the importance of eye health and regular sight tests for everyone.

Taylors Opticians are supporting the campaign to raise awareness of how to look after our eyes. Sight is the sense most people fear losing the most, yet many people do not have regular sight tests. Here are a few facts and figures as published by to raise awareness about the importance of eye health;

One million people in the UK are living with avoidable sight loss severe enough to have a significant impact on their daily lives